The Battle of Nahrawan – A Grave Lesson for Our Times
- Muiz As-Siddeeqi
- May 7
- 2 min read
The Battle of Nahrawan – A Grave Lesson for Our Times
The Battle of Nahrawān wasn’t just a military confrontation — it was a decisive moment where truth clashed with delusion, and the early seeds of Khawārijism were crushed by the sword of justice.
Who was fought at Nahrawān?
Not idol worshippers.
Not Romans or Persians.
But a group of “religious” Muslims who:
Spoke Qur’ān on their tongues
Had callouses on their foreheads
Believed they were defenders of Islām
…yet they made takfīr of ʿAlī, rejected the Jamaʿāh, and spilled Muslim blood in the name of purity.
The Prophet ﷺ described them:
“They will recite the Qur’an, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will leave the religion like an arrow passes through its target… The most evil of those slain under the sky are they.”
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (رضي الله عنه), after exhausting all efforts of daʿwah and dialogue, was left with no choice but to confront them at Nahrawān — after they began murdering the innocent and tearing the Ummah apart.
The battle ended in:
The death of thousands of Khawārij,
The confirmation of prophetic warnings,
And a clear lesson for the Ummah:
Extremism cloaked in piety is more dangerous than open kufr.
What Nahrawān Teaches Us Today:
Not every caller to Qur’ān is upon the Sunnah
Worship without correct understanding is a weapon of chaos
Those who rush to takfīr and justify killing Muslims in the name of “Sharīʿah” are not reformers — they are Khawārij
O Muslim:
History repeats itself.
From the sands of Nahrawān to modern bloodshed in the name of Islam — the signs are the same.
Only a return to the understanding of the Salaf can protect us.
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